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NIS Blames Delay In Passport Production On COVID-19, Forex

The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Isa Idris, has blamed the delay in passport production on the lockdown…

5 years ago

FG Extends NIN-SIM Verification To March 31, As Enrolments Exceed 71m

The federal government has again extended the deadline for the National Identification Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to…

5 years ago

Six multinationals to pay N249bn oil proceeds in January – NNPC

• Company to deduct N270.83bn from FAAC same month A total of N249.3bn for October 2021 domestic crude oil sales…

5 years ago

Naira drops to N570/$1 on high forex demand

The naira has weakened against the dollar at the parallel market, trading at N570 amid demand for the currency during…

5 years ago

Auditor general queries ministry’s N3.8bn spending from suspended RUGA fund

The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has queried the Federal Ministry of Agriculture for spending a total sum…

5 years ago

Northern groups kick against fuel subsidy withdrawal, plan protests

The South-South chapter of the Coalition of Northern Groups has threatened to stage protests if the Federal Government goes ahead…

5 years ago

Jonathan Left $28.6bn External Reserves, Says Aide

•Insists Nigeria had $2.2bn in excess crude account Reno Omokri, an aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has refuted claims…

5 years ago

Nigerians in Diaspora cry out over alleged paucity of passports

The Nigerians in Diaspora Organization, Europe, Italy Chapter has raised the alarm that about 1.5 million out of its three…

5 years ago

We own the airports, foreigners should not dictate to us

“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Some foreign busybodies have embarked on the attempt to treat Nigeria with…

5 years ago

Only 980,000 consumers benefitted from Phase 0 of FG’s meter scheme — NERC

As many Nigerians clamour for pre-paid meters, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission says about 980,000 electricity consumers have so far…

5 years ago